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| the presence of small red blood cells |
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| the presence of large red blood cells |
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| the presence of red blood cells of unequal size |
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| the presence of large irregularly shaped red blood cells |
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| an increase of immture erythrocytes int he blood |
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| an abnormally reduced number of red blood cells |
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| an abnormally reduced number of lymphocytes |
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| a decrease int he number of neutrophils |
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| an abnormally reduced number of all cellular components in the blood |
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| breakdown fo the red blood cell membrane |
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| impaired immunological defenses caused by an immunodeficiency disorder or therapy with immunosuppressive agents |
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| impaired ability to provide an immune response |
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| the presence of enlarged (diseased) lymph nodes |
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| enlargement of the spleen |
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| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. a syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that renders immune cells ineffective, permitting opportunistic infections, malignancies, and neurological diseases to develop; it is transmitted sexually or through exposure to contaminated blood |
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| a condition in which there is a reduction in the number of RBCs, the amt of hemoglobin, or the volume of packed red cells int he blood, resulting in a diminished ability of the RBCs to transport oxygen to the tissues |
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| a normocytic-normochromic type of anemia characterized byt he failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells |
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| a microcytic-hypochromic type of anemia characterized by a lack of iron, affecting production of hemoglobin and characterized by small red blood cells containing low amounts of hemoglobin |
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| a macrocytic-normochromic type of anemia characterized by an inadequate supply of vitamin B12, causing red blood cells to become large, varied in shape, and reduced in number |
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| any disorder characterized by abnormal function of the immune sytem that cuases the body to produce antibodies against itself, resulting in tissue destruction or loss of function; rheumatoid arthritis and lupus are examples of autoimmune diseases |
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| a disorder that results from the incompatibility of a fetus wtih an Rh-positive blood factor and a mother who is Rh negative, causing red blood cell destruction in the fetus; necessitates a blood transfusion to save the fetus |
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| the presence, or lack, of antigens on the surface of red blood cells that may cause a reaction between the blood of the mother and fetus, resulting in fetal anemia |
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| a hereditary disorder that results in an excessive buildup of iron deposits in the body |
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| a group of hereditary bleeding disorders in which there is a defect in clotting factors necessary for the coagulation of blood |
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| a chronic or acute malignant (cancerous) disease of blood-forming organs, marked by abnormal leukocytes in the blood and bone marrow; classified according to the types of white cells affected |
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| a disorder within the bone marrow characterized by the proliferation of abnormal stem cells; usually develops into a specific type of leukemia |
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| any neoplastic disorder of lymph tissue, usually malignant, as in Hodgkin disease |
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| the process by which cancer cells are spread by blood or lymph circulation to distant organs |
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| a condition caused by the Epstein-Barr virus characterized by an increase in mononuclear cells in the blood, along with enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue, and sore throat |
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| an increase in the number of erythrocytes and hemoglobin in the blood |
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| a systemic disease caused by the infection of microorganisms and their toxins int he circulating blood |
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| a bleeding disorder characterized by an abnormal decrease in the number of platelets in the blood, which impairs the clotting process |
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